PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Stet magna vero et sit. Amet eos voluptua enim possim nonumy eos. Takimata dolores gubergren et vero et amet eros elitr eu no erat enim sit delenit dolore iriure. In eleifend ut ut et ut veniam aliquyam sit invidunt sanctus sanctus voluptua. Dolor aliquyam vero magna dolores iusto erat eos magna euismod tation consetetur vero et aliquyam duis blandit. Justo vero rebum elitr quis ea dolor dolor. Justo vero diam dignissim tempor ut.
Esse amet sed invidunt eos invidunt vel magna diam justo at dolore sadipscing no rebum lorem et invidunt dolor. Accumsan lorem takimata eos ipsum invidunt gubergren. Eum sea est gubergren suscipit diam dolor diam diam et dolor nonumy euismod sanctus amet sit accusam. Quod gubergren erat. Nonumy dolores zzril kasd facilisis ipsum tempor velit et invidunt no et liber justo.
Sample Output H3
Magna tempor ipsum diam duo sadipscing eos delenit ea sit est rebum. Dolore sanctus eleifend amet nonumy ipsum nonumy dolore consetetur rebum sit dolor consequat sit iriure. Sanctus facilisi quis ipsum odio labore odio dolore accusam accusam sit nostrud dolor dolor magna. Takimata suscipit hendrerit takimata. Velit et dolores euismod velit ullamcorper eos ut no enim elitr vero duo sea esse no.
Duis facer et quis duo euismod te feugait rebum labore. Vel sit nulla sit. Sit takimata vel eirmod dolore eum ipsum sed sit accusam nisl sit soluta eirmod quis cum dolore eos lorem. Vero gubergren ipsum nostrud duo aliquyam sadipscing diam option et laoreet magna vero. Eros rebum dolore voluptua option tempor nulla sed dolor feugiat eos ullamcorper elitr. Elitr dolores dolore. Diam diam clita elitr kasd nonumy stet dolor diam no dolor clita lorem vero diam et. Dolor sea amet sadipscing cum tincidunt dolore in praesent. Nulla eirmod dolores feugiat et ex amet at odio justo justo dolor. Tincidunt eum et ipsum at diam magna duis vel accusam.
Sample Output H4
Nostrud et stet est in erat ex clita volutpat sadipscing rebum accusam erat magna dolore erat et. Illum amet at clita amet eum consequat dolor nonumy justo amet sit nibh dolores ipsum cum nulla. Lorem ut clita in duo sed invidunt nonummy eu kasd et consectetuer no. Dolore et tempor et duo nonumy et dolores blandit rebum et dolore tation. Lorem dolor justo. Ullamcorper stet aliquyam aliquyam amet rebum voluptua erat labore congue ipsum. Vero facilisi gubergren diam. Est feugiat dolore invidunt nisl. Magna invidunt dolore feugiat molestie ipsum ipsum consectetuer ipsum elitr sit.
Sit dolor adipiscing takimata vero. Eirmod elitr duo feugait diam justo ipsum. Stet amet lorem tempor sea ipsum illum eu augue dolor consectetuer velit ut illum. Nulla dolore duis minim duis tempor justo placerat eos est eos minim lorem ea tincidunt sed duis dolore elitr. Vulputate eirmod est eirmod eos. Et ut elit consetetur eos tation voluptua et vero eros minim accusam sed justo amet dolore. Dolore labore sanctus illum voluptua ut accumsan ut facilisi dolore vulputate. Sadipscing sed no in et rebum dolor sea ipsum et. Justo clita erat et at. Lorem in eum et nonummy et lorem adipiscing amet sit et no nulla amet. Consequat at rebum dolore lorem at iriure lobortis duo quis sed amet justo labore blandit.
Sample Output H4
Kasd vel ex. No nulla augue est sanctus sea luptatum justo sed duis. Volutpat feugait lorem labore wisi. Ullamcorper feugiat no tempor illum labore soluta eos labore commodo et delenit dolor dolore. Aliquyam luptatum voluptua et dolor feugiat eu justo rebum consectetuer elitr erat labore sit nonummy enim molestie amet. Tempor clita vel et sit sadipscing amet dolore accusam. Amet est eirmod ipsum eros molestie no tation dolor rebum eos sadipscing sed amet. Possim elitr magna est facilisis tempor zzril rebum et kasd ut est.
Eos sea dolor erat minim vel nulla lorem clita doming delenit. Ipsum consequat liber at sed ut commodo ipsum. Sit stet sed consetetur est. Et et euismod nostrud et luptatum clita erat. Autem consectetuer duo dolore diam vel aliquyam dignissim elitr no gubergren sit consetetur nonumy. Dolores sanctus sed in et consetetur tempor. Sea dolor aliquyam eu invidunt invidunt ut dolor ut est et sit. Vel sit stet sed accusam consetetur ut. Accusam duo ipsum labore vero sadipscing sed accusam assum accusam erat no ipsum voluptua dolor aliquam duo. Wisi quod facilisi et amet amet accusam accusam ea dolore rebum ut sit lorem sit lorem.
Sample Output H3
Elitr dolore stet vero diam iriure eirmod rebum et. Sed no ea exerci. Nostrud vel tation stet magna et ipsum sit ipsum diam dignissim sadipscing lorem. Aliquyam sea eu exerci ut sea lorem magna sanctus diam kasd in dolore at. Vero nisl feugait et. Takimata tincidunt takimata invidunt et vero sanctus stet no amet aliquip ipsum et in diam nisl ea ea te. Justo illum lorem sea aliquip diam sed diam duo delenit nonumy clita takimata. Dolore magna lorem sit diam lorem accusam et et takimata ad sadipscing lobortis sanctus invidunt consetetur at.
Ut sadipscing at. Sit lorem erat. Aliquyam dolor augue facilisis in iriure. Exerci sit lorem et dolore. No ut gubergren dolore laoreet sea at labore diam vero ut dolores clita iusto et. Sit magna kasd takimata consectetuer elitr magna nulla duis vero autem nostrud iriure ut sed eirmod nonumy esse. Sea molestie tincidunt amet sit eirmod. Nonumy erat accusam vero feugiat eos. Tempor illum eos tincidunt at duis nonumy est dolore.
Sample Output H4
Nulla nostrud diam est et invidunt duis vero duo. In stet invidunt ea justo zzril ipsum dolore eirmod illum gubergren et. At laoreet dolores diam rebum diam eleifend lorem aliquip facer at justo consetetur vero labore sit lorem amet sea. Lorem stet ea tempor duis est sit invidunt sit amet ut sed sit vero ea aliquip dolores euismod. Magna invidunt ut diam in diam aliquyam vel eos duo hendrerit dolores nisl ipsum dolore magna sit.
Ea at aliquyam rebum dolor nisl. Tempor duo et augue nobis aliquyam at labore diam amet ut vero exerci dolor. Nibh vero dolor dolore diam eu nonumy lorem dolore dolor ipsum invidunt feugait. Duo eos blandit aliquip. Nonumy erat euismod nonummy ut ullamcorper diam justo at labore ipsum accusam te tempor. Enim est stet lorem euismod facilisi lorem amet sanctus. Diam at ipsum diam no veniam. At gubergren lorem est. Ea et nam eirmod magna stet enim eos lorem erat lorem elitr kasd stet gubergren nulla et at et. Et praesent ipsum magna invidunt no dolores est ad magna ut.
Sample Output H4
Ad eos aliquyam kasd sanctus diam dolor eos takimata autem consequat dolore. Amet sit dignissim est erat feugiat erat nostrud sit autem duo euismod sit eirmod dolor no duo. Accusam et congue dolor diam delenit vel et ipsum lobortis diam magna sed ea qui voluptua. Accusam justo sea feugiat esse eirmod amet duo gubergren kasd in sanctus nonumy. Dolor eirmod sea aliquyam. Nulla dolor facilisi sanctus facilisi soluta sit diam no zzril. Et est at erat voluptua diam eu iusto et eum stet aliquyam aliquyam. Lorem kasd imperdiet blandit in elitr aliquyam invidunt est magna facer ipsum rebum commodo erat. Ipsum gubergren magna dolor diam ut aliquyam kasd erat takimata. Aliquam magna dolores dolore eos exerci blandit sit vulputate volutpat.
Esse clita invidunt amet consetetur. Eum autem diam quod takimata rebum et sed sanctus dolore accusam aliquyam invidunt eirmod amet. Et lorem eirmod dolore erat consequat dolore commodo sanctus voluptua kasd placerat vel no. Labore invidunt tempor sit. Praesent aliquyam eos ipsum feugiat at labore suscipit erat tation magna lorem. At invidunt kasd stet illum esse voluptua duis kasd tempor et esse magna elit. Sed tempor amet commodo.
More Sample Output H2
Zzril stet eu labore ipsum est et sed laoreet eum amet amet eirmod at nonumy nisl accusam magna. At diam facer elitr eos amet vel et illum diam elitr aliquyam consequat sanctus dolor no eos. Erat nonummy et tincidunt quod lobortis vero diam tempor at. Delenit nisl et takimata lorem magna nonumy at et sea justo et facilisi nonumy rebum aliquyam. Rebum labore et. Lorem eos elitr sit dolores sit eirmod et consequat tempor diam et. Dolore assum voluptua.
Ipsum clita labore lorem dolore at tempor consetetur illum sed sanctus sea at consetetur. In consequat amet vero kasd lorem stet sit. Nobis labore aliquyam est delenit takimata eum et et diam invidunt sea autem autem et vel sadipscing. Ut eros velit erat elit sit. Invidunt et est dolores autem ipsum blandit facilisis ut tempor invidunt ea magna. Feugiat tempor sea et dolor vero. Sed eirmod duo kasd duo voluptua erat suscipit magna eos.
Sample Output H3
At clita et hendrerit duo exerci at ipsum consequat accusam ut aliquyam dolore kasd voluptua sanctus facer. Sit molestie accumsan aliquyam at nonumy tempor vero adipiscing gubergren. Et sanctus ipsum dolor et takimata vulputate nam zzril. Hendrerit est est lorem takimata delenit eirmod feugiat sanctus amet sanctus justo eirmod tempor tempor sadipscing. Tempor dolore nobis consetetur magna ea quis nibh ea gubergren lorem vel est tation ut vero elitr accumsan. Qui vero duo zzril amet rebum at erat dolor dolor dolores possim dolor eos clita labore.
Erat no sed no doming at justo commodo sadipscing duo elitr eirmod consetetur minim amet rebum magna dolor ea. Luptatum option velit. Sit magna eu et dolor exerci consetetur ut sed. Rebum amet et erat. Dolore tempor labore dignissim elitr velit aliquyam feugait magna ipsum nonumy ea tincidunt rebum dolor eirmod.
Sample Output H4
Odio stet et hendrerit dolor option dolores hendrerit ex. Labore nobis et elitr. Dolor facilisi dolor ut sed sed duo kasd erat stet duo dolor diam sit. Sadipscing iriure dolores minim et ea sed ut vero ea lorem dignissim et et. Duo sit rebum nonumy nibh elitr sed et amet tempor ipsum. Elitr veniam labore praesent eos aliquyam consetetur dolor. Ut est est rebum sea et erat rebum quod clita.
In consetetur vel illum tempor in dolor lorem consetetur feugiat dolor et autem ut sanctus exerci amet nulla. Tation minim ipsum labore eum elitr voluptua wisi justo commodo dolor consetetur at labore praesent. Dolore duis dolore lorem nonummy sadipscing est at tempor clita nonumy et. Praesent accusam stet clita aliquyam clita tempor sit sadipscing eirmod kasd. At luptatum justo elitr iusto duo dolore et clita ex accumsan dolores voluptua qui ipsum. Voluptua ea illum nisl kasd diam ea. Nonumy magna consetetur et rebum eirmod sed gubergren facer sadipscing dignissim nibh est ut ea sadipscing sanctus. Diam ipsum zzril amet. Erat eu dolor no sed eos sea.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum sea ipsum sed eos dolore. At at stet sit labore ea odio tempor vero consequat mazim imperdiet kasd enim tempor duis sadipscing. Amet facilisi et nihil duo sanctus feugiat voluptua et eu amet dolore. Et aliquyam vel nisl in commodo praesent sit rebum voluptua eu labore sit. Aliquyam sanctus et minim sed no. Vero eirmod invidunt. Elitr nibh ea takimata elitr sea sadipscing dolor elitr eos sit. Rebum stet kasd consetetur hendrerit lorem nonummy odio duis eirmod et ut dignissim sanctus. Aliquyam eos dolore. Sea kasd no ea.
Elit accusam illum tempor minim est. Erat elitr dolor congue molestie amet accusam ipsum at lorem dolore est amet. Accusam invidunt consetetur clita erat kasd nonummy consetetur ipsum sanctus. Invidunt eros aliquyam dolore dolor qui sit et et eos diam lorem. Hendrerit sea sed elitr commodo adipiscing voluptua consetetur at nonumy gubergren invidunt invidunt. Sadipscing sadipscing lorem justo et vel et sit takimata vero accusam sed veniam magna eos consectetuer. Quod dolore takimata aliquyam kasd magna ut eros est magna nonumy iriure accusam. Zzril takimata sit sea nonumy labore tempor dignissim sea labore facilisi ex dolores est vero dolores sed. Tation stet sit lorem et justo dolore facilisi vel diam stet praesent diam. Liber eirmod diam odio dolor accumsan et dolore eirmod eos eos aliquip feugiat facilisis ut. Lorem eirmod consequat consectetuer nonumy exerci dignissim amet no nibh at et sit voluptua duo at sit sit amet.
Sample Output H3
Volutpat dolore tempor est et vero dolore et duis voluptua labore ullamcorper dolor takimata lorem aliquyam no. Dolor tempor sed clita eros amet sit labore stet lobortis volutpat sadipscing magna elit et lorem enim. Dolores adipiscing et dolore no ea duis est tempor dolor erat. Sit autem invidunt amet ipsum sadipscing tempor exerci eos accusam lorem et clita lorem. Diam elitr iusto duis nisl vero. Stet diam ut vel erat stet molestie hendrerit iriure. Ea eu tation eos ullamcorper rebum sit commodo nonummy gubergren duis sit. Amet laoreet est invidunt sadipscing erat eirmod kasd et amet tincidunt diam.
Ut ea eos at dolor sadipscing autem sanctus consequat et vulputate magna diam molestie ea et ea consetetur commodo. Diam no sed eum sed sea dolor duis amet dolores dolore no dolor. Molestie consequat elitr invidunt. Molestie erat nonumy et lobortis autem dolore dolor doming dolore sadipscing aliquyam sed magna accumsan sed. Vero vero et elitr dolor invidunt sanctus lorem consequat amet ipsum consetetur. Invidunt ea erat vel aliquyam facer amet eirmod ut sit commodo at sit dolor hendrerit. Accusam nonumy magna elitr no feugait delenit dolor takimata dolore in et placerat vero sit no. Ut in vero ut autem. Duo sed eirmod sed dolore lobortis et nonumy ut vel consetetur stet accusam facilisis dolore rebum amet. Vero dolore diam stet. Enim sed sanctus accusam sit minim amet.
Sample Output H4
Magna amet suscipit. Velit duo lorem ad sed erat. Ut ipsum clita vero stet placerat amet enim. Exerci sea no nonumy takimata. Stet ullamcorper ea illum.
Nobis vero takimata voluptua sadipscing sit. Sadipscing magna sit sit amet est et dolores. Magna voluptua gubergren volutpat feugiat eirmod dolore zzril ut dolores stet feugiat sanctus ut aliquip tincidunt duis. Duo diam eirmod ipsum. Takimata sanctus accusam gubergren clita placerat ea duo vero takimata aliquyam at labore diam et sadipscing. Vero hendrerit in sadipscing et elitr tempor labore duis kasd sit.
Sample Output H4
Voluptua sed dolore. Ipsum kasd nonumy sed justo vero accusam et. Eos at sed. Adipiscing sed sed iusto duis sit elitr erat ut rebum consequat doming lorem adipiscing ipsum aliquyam. Aliquyam volutpat sadipscing praesent tempor vero autem invidunt feugait qui aliquip gubergren. Duo stet sadipscing et consetetur et rebum kasd lorem dolore vero exerci duo feugiat amet nobis. Quis voluptua erat nihil sadipscing et magna nulla vel accusam sadipscing invidunt ipsum kasd odio amet. Autem dignissim dolore esse eirmod voluptua amet lorem ex. Justo est justo diam ipsum ut euismod sadipscing dolore magna aliquip at. Kasd ipsum diam dolor stet sed eum et stet vero sit lorem.
Blandit justo aliquyam tempor commodo dolore lorem adipiscing dolore diam diam diam ut sit ut. Rebum magna qui kasd vero diam tincidunt vero consequat takimata lorem soluta ipsum magna dolor vero. Tempor eos ipsum ipsum dolor takimata eirmod no. Stet ipsum vero ipsum vulputate labore. Ipsum kasd et wisi lorem et accusam. Voluptua sea facer iusto et consequat. Hendrerit dolor dolore aliquyam eos magna tempor. At stet consequat amet blandit et amet lorem duo in magna lorem et sit eos. Rebum dolor sanctus nulla stet illum te elitr ea. Consetetur lorem consectetuer no kasd possim kasd consectetuer id magna dolor dolor et.